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Joe Kelley played 17 major-league seasons (1891-1908) as a OF (1,465), 1B (291), 3B (48), 2B (22), SS (18). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 18 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891 | 20 | BSN | 12 | 45 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .244 | .588 | 76 |
| 1892 | 21 | PIT|BLN | 66 | 238 | 29 | 56 | 0 | 32 | 10 | 21 | 28 | .235 | .624 | 93 |
| 1893 | 22 | BLN | 125 | 502 | 120 | 153 | 9 | 76 | 33 | 77 | 44 | .305 | .877 | 138 |
| 1894 | 23 | BLN | 129 | 507 | 165 | 199 | 6 | 111 | 46 | 107 | 36 | .393 | 1.104 | 171 |
| 1895 | 24 | BLN | 131 | 518 | 148 | 189 | 10 | 134 | 54 | 77 | 29 | .365 | 1.003 | 163 |
| 1896 | 25 | BLN | 131 | 519 | 148 | 189 | 8 | 100 | 87 | 91 | 19 | .364 | 1.013 | 173 |
| 1897 | 26 | BLN | 131 | 505 | 113 | 183 | 5 | 118 | 44 | 70 | 19 | .362 | .936 | 153 |
| 1898 | 27 | BLN | 124 | 464 | 71 | 149 | 2 | 110 | 24 | 56 | 24 | .321 | .835 | 145 |
| 1899 | 28 | BRO | 143 | 538 | 108 | 175 | 6 | 93 | 31 | 70 | 23 | .325 | .860 | 142 |
| 1900 | 29 | BRO | 121 | 454 | 90 | 145 | 6 | 91 | 26 | 53 | 18 | .319 | .882 | 150 |
| 1901 | 30 | BRO | 120 | 492 | 77 | 151 | 4 | 65 | 18 | 40 | 26 | .307 | .787 | 135 |
| 1902 | 31 | BLA | 60 | 222 | 50 | 69 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 34 | 16 | .311 | .869 | 148 |
| 1902 | 31 | CIN | 40 | 156 | 24 | 50 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 17 | .321 | .803 | 154 |
| 1903 | 32 | CIN | 105 | 383 | 85 | 121 | 3 | 45 | 18 | 51 | 24 | .316 | .820 | 141 |
| 1904 | 33 | CIN | 123 | 449 | 75 | 126 | 0 | 63 | 15 | 49 | 25 | .281 | .744 | 137 |
| 1905 | 34 | CIN | 90 | 321 | 43 | 89 | 1 | 37 | 8 | 27 | 23 | .277 | .692 | 114 |
| 1906 | 35 | CIN | 129 | 465 | 43 | 106 | 1 | 53 | 9 | 44 | 27 | .228 | .623 | 101 |
| 1908 | 37 | BSN | 73 | 228 | 25 | 59 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 27 | 25 | .259 | .680 | 125 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891 | OF | 12 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 1892 | OF | 66 | 0 | 115 | 13 | 13 | 4 |
| 1893 | OF | 125 | 0 | 307 | 22 | 21 | 4 |
| 1894 | OF | 129 | 0 | 276 | 16 | 15 | 3 |
| 1895 | OF | 131 | 0 | 260 | 20 | 16 | 5 |
| 1896 | OF | 131 | 0 | 280 | 20 | 13 | 3 |
| 1897 | OF | 130 | 0 | 240 | 15 | 11 | 3 |
| 1897 | SS | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 1897 | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1898 | OF | 122 | 0 | 235 | 18 | 8 | 4 |
| 1898 | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1899 | OF | 143 | 0 | 307 | 26 | 8 | 7 |
| 1900 | OF | 77 | 0 | 174 | 12 | 8 | 2 |
| 1900 | 1B | 32 | 0 | 259 | 12 | 6 | 13 |
| 1900 | 3B | 13 | 0 | 17 | 25 | 4 | 3 |
| 1901 | 1B | 115 | 0 | 984 | 82 | 27 | 63 |
| 1901 | 3B | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 1902 | OF | 68 | 0 | 131 | 11 | 4 | 3 |
| 1902 | 3B | 17 | 0 | 27 | 34 | 6 | 1 |
| 1902 | 2B | 10 | 0 | 35 | 31 | 2 | 7 |
| 1902 | 1B | 5 | 0 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1902 | SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 1903 | OF | 67 | 0 | 117 | 8 | 7 | 0 |
| 1903 | SS | 12 | 0 | 17 | 30 | 9 | 5 |
| 1903 | 2B | 11 | 0 | 25 | 26 | 4 | 4 |
| 1903 | 3B | 8 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 1903 | 1B | 6 | 0 | 68 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| 1904 | 1B | 117 | 116 | 1049 | 76 | 14 | 48 |
| 1904 | OF | 6 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1904 | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1905 | OF | 85 | 84 | 137 | 11 | 4 | 0 |
| 1905 | 1B | 2 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1906 | OF | 122 | 122 | 184 | 13 | 7 | 5 |
| 1906 | 1B | 3 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1906 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1906 | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1908 | OF | 51 | 48 | 71 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 1908 | 1B | 11 | 9 | 118 | 15 | 3 | 2 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Joe Kelley ranks on 2 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #97 | left fielders | 1896 | 173 OPS+ |
| #104 | left fielders | 1894 | 171 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.